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EU seeks long-term Shia-Sunni deal

EU countries want to see rival Muslim powers, Iran and Saudi Arabia, reach a long-term deal on regional power-sharing, Belgian foreign minister Didier Reynders said at an EU meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday. He spoke of the post-WWII Yalta deal in Europe and the post-Cold War Helsinki deal as models. EU ministers welcomed Kuwaiti mediation after Saudi Arabia led a blockade on Iran-friendly Qatar on grounds of terrorist financing.